Flint Hills Resources has contributed to a $133m series B round for RWDC Industries, which is working on a biodegradable alternative to plastic.

Workforce collaboration software business Tehama, a spinout of IT services firm Pythian, attracted investors including Omers Ventures for its first funding round.

The university has launched Food & Agriculture Science Transformer in a bid to uncover top-tier concepts based on food, agriculture and animal science.

Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.

Fresh from rejuvenating its corporate venturing team, Syngenta has launched a new accelerator in a bid to uncover novel food protein products.

Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.

A consortium including Continental Grain, Bunge and Tekfen has pushed the crop nutrition product developer's total funding to more than $186m.

Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.

The metal printing technology producer increased its total funding to $138m in a round led by Petronas-sponsored Piva that included TNSC.

Qualcomm Ventures and Xiaomi helped the display chip provider secure $28.3m in a combined series C and C-plus round.